Abstract: The physical characteristics on 465 adults ( 232 males and 233 females) of Mulam nationality were investigated. Means and standard deviations of 58 anthropometric characters, 31 physical indices, and 9 somatoscopic features were calculated. The Mulam dataset was then compared with 29 other Chinese minority groups.
The results of this study indicate that Mulam nationality have the following primary characteristics:1) 9011 % of males and 9114 % of females have an eye fold of the upper eyelid; 2) the percentage of the mongoloid fold is 5319 % and 5312 % for males and females respectively; 3) the nasal root height is medium2 and small2sized in males and only small2sized in females; 4) most Mulam peoples have a medium2sized alae nasi; 5) square and round lobe shapes can both be found in males and females; 6) hair color is black and eye color is brown ; most peoples have yellow and light yellow skin color respectively; 7) Typical physical characteristics of Mulam are mesocephaly, hypsicephaly, acrocephalic, mesorrhiny, mesdeg, medium breadth of shoulder and medium distance between iliac crests. Males are leptoprosopic, and have a long trunk and narrow chest circumference. Females are mesoprosopic, and have a medium length of trunk and medium chest circumference. The average stature is 1 629.8mm for males and 1 514.3mm for females.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Physical anthropology; Mulam